3.6.2012 Finnish Whippet Club Speciality Show

Our Whippet Club had the annual big show in Mustiala last weekend. We were fortunate to have 5 our of 6 Tara´s kids present there and we definitely enjoyed interesting day even though weather pretty much sucked! So much wind and rain.. so not whippet friendly at all..

Whippet males were judged by breed specialist Lori Lawrence from Starline Whippets USA and bitches were judged by breed specialist Molly Rule-Steele from Taejaan kennel Australia.

Here are our results for the pups:

Manoush Padmé Amidala VG

Manoush Deliah Blue EXC-4 (out of 25 Junior Bitches)

Manoush Sy Snootles VG

Manoush Darth Tyranus EXC (unofficial 5th)

Manoush Dexter Jettster EXC-3 with CQ

Tara´s Progeny Group came in 2nd with Honorary Prize

Manoush Breeder Group was 4th

A huge thank you is in order to all the pup owners for making the effort to come to the show!!!! Also extra thank you to handler "helps" Niina, Suski and Meri!!!

Here are some pics from the show.

TLN JW´12 Manoush Deliah Blue - EXC-4

Manoush Padmé Amidala - VG

Manoush Dexter Jettster - EXC-3 & CQ

"Manu" in line with other placed Junior males.

Manoush Sy Snootles - VG

TLN W´12 & TLN JW´12 Manoush Darth Tyranus - EXC (unofficial 5th)

Tara´s kids in Progeny Group posing (came in 2nd with Honorary Prize)

They also participated Progeny Group with their dad Aberdeen Remarkable in Paris 

and came in 1st with Honorary Prize.

A few pictures of Iris (TLN JW´12 Manoush Deliah Blue)

Our Iris has so far been to two shows in Finland. In her first one she was placed 1st (under Arne Foss, Norway) in junior class and received an Exc-1 and CQ (meaning that she is worthy of a CC) and in her second show at the Mustiala Whippet Club Speciality show where females were judged by breed specialist Molly Rule-Steel from Australia, she was placed 4th with and Excellent out of 24 junior bitches. 

27.5.2012 National Show Järvenpää

Show news from Finland!!!
Today at Järvenpää National all-breed-dog show Iris & Brutus both competed first time in Finland in Junior Class. Whippets were judged by Arne Foss from Norway.

Brutus (TLN JW´12 & TLN W´12 Manoush Darth Tyranus) 
EXC-2, CQ, Best Male-2, res-CC!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Well done our Little Man!!!

What a lovely start for our show career in Finland with such a good result!!!

Iris (TLN JW´12 Manoush Deliah Blue) EXC-1, CQ (the only CQ awarded in Junior Bitches)!!!

This is really a good start for all of us. Litter sister Mei (Manoush Padmé Amidala) also got her first res-CC also from her first show (also being Best Bitch-4) in Tampere international dog show and now this.. Our summer had a perfect start!!!

And a few ones of Iris :)

Iris next to beautiful Best Bitch-1 and BOS Sporting Fields Jamaican Me Crazy.

And a few lovely pics of Mei (Manoush Padmé Amidala) taken at the Hyvinkää 

lure-coursing training.It was great to meet up there with Mei and owner Mira. 

Mei chased the lure really well and shows a lot of promise :D.

All pictures by J. Siponmaa

It has been a while since I up-dated our blog. A lot has happened the the most wonderful thing is that all the snow is gone and spring is here and sunnier days. Kids participated an all breed Puppy Show in Lohja where Iris was Best Bitch and BOB and went all the way to Group-2 as well!!! Brutus was Best Male and BOS Puppy. So that was a very nice start and it was lovely that both did so well.

Then in April we travelled to Estonia for international title show called "Tallinn Winner 2012". I took Tara, Iris and Brutus there. Mostly so that pups just to get some experience in traveling to new places on a ship and how to stay at the hotel (well how to behave nicely at the hotel).

We had our usual gang on board. This time Suski brought another saluki lady with us and she was a pleasure to travel with. We had a hotel booked in the center of town. Very easy to get to and next to a very well taken care of park. This was just a one day show for us, so we only stayed there for one night. Show itself was held at the Saku Suurhalli as usual this time of year.

Kids and mum liked being at the hotel. We had a large double room with large double bed, which seemed to provide them with endless amount of entertainment. No-one was nervous about new place, everyone ate well in the evening and enjoyed this new experience.

In the morning we headed to Saku halli for the show. In the show there whippets from Finland, Sweden & Estonia. It was all very exciting for the pups and of course to me as well. This was their first time in Junior Class and I was very interested to hear what the judge thought of them. Both just about 10 months old and still very much babies (in my eyes :D).

Our juniors did really well. Iris was Best Junior Bitch with an EXC and also Best Opposite Sex Junior. Brutus was Best Junior Male with EXC and also Best of Breed Junior!!!! As Brutus was too young, he could not compete in "certification class" (which we don't have in Finland), but Brutus was still in the competition for Best Male. It was very very exciting as he was up against a swedish champion male. Judge Liliane de Ridder-Onghena from Belgium finally made a decision and BRUTUS was selected BEST MALE-1!!!!!! WUHUUUU!!!!


Very very exciting!!!! Maybe too young to accept a CC or CACIB from the show, but still it was a very very sweet win for us!!! Brutus did not come home empty "pawed" :D. He received two official titles: Tallinn Junior Winner 2012 (TLN JW-12) and Tallinn Winner 2012 (TLN W-12). Also he got his first Junior-CC!!! Also he took part in BIS-Junior competition where he competed against all the BOB Juniors from all other breeds. Brutus wasn't placed but he was shortlisted among the 10 best juniors in the show!!! Seriously, I could not get any prouder!!!

Brutus on the move.

Brutus posing.

Iris posing in the ring.

Pics taken by: Sakari Lampola and Laura

Iris also received her first official title Tallinn Junior Winner 2012 (TLN JW-12) and got her first Junior-CC. She wasn't placed in the best bitch ring this time, where pup´s mother (who wasn´t perhaps on her top form in this show.. read: a bit fat :D) was BB-3! So our team did really really well. We are also very pleased that BOB was Tara´s half-sister and our Eppu´s daughter super stunning Satangin Absolute Carrot!!! Congrats to Carry and whole family!!! 


So over all a very lovely show experience for us and we are super please for this wonderful start to our pups show career!!!

18.2.2012 Happy Birthday Tara and siblings!!!

Happy 3rd birthday to our Tara and her siblings!!!

Daddy Eppu couldn't be prouder of you all!!!

Congratulations to breeders Natalya Malyarenko (Intriga´s, Russia) and

Tatiana Chapiro-Yakimova (Iz Volzhskoy Serenady, France) as well :)

• Rus Coursing Ch Balance iz Volzhskoy Serenady (already a father of a litter)
• Rus Ch. & Rus J Ch Bohemia iz Volzhskoy Serenady (just became a mother of her first litter)
• Youth Rus & Rus Ch, RKF, Rus Grand & Rus Coursing Ch Blue Rose iz Volzhskoy Serenady
• Barcelona iz Volzhskoy Serenady
• Rus Ch Ballerina iz Volzhskoy Serenady
• Est JW'10, Est Jun Ch & Est Ch, Fin Ch, Crufts Qualified Butterfly for Manoush iz Volzhskoy Serenady (mother of one litter here in Finland)

14.2.2012 In the garden

Iris, mum Tara and grandfather Eppu in the garden :D